Timmy O’Neill

Timmy O’Neill is a Patagonia climbing ambassador and the co-founder of Paradox Sports, a non-profit group dedicated to providing inspiration, opportunities and adaptive equipment to the disabled community. He’s set speed climbing records in Yosemite; established new routes in Patagonia, Venezuela and Greenland; and worked as an ophthalmic tech, endeavoring to cure blindness in Africa.

Articles

In mid-May, I presented at the annual NOLS instructor conference held in Lander, Wyoming. This was not only an opportunity to speak to the frontline of outdoor educators but, in light of the recent concerns with our public lands, an even better… Read More

The national park system may not have saved my life but it definitely allowed me to truly discover and continually define it. Following an abysmal 13th grade at an entry level university and an equally lamentable year employed in one of the most dangerous professions, I bolted west to manifest… Read More

My work with adaptive athletes began when my brother Sean was injured almost 25 years ago. He’s paralyzed from the waist down and lives life from a wheelchair where he more than rolls with it, he thrives. Ever since we topped out on El Capitan for the first… Read More

Ken Yager is a man who understands the value of volunteerism. He approaches his work with the belief, creativity and passionate toil of a big wall climber. It’s an apt metaphor as he’s climbed El Capitan dozens of times. Along with his wife Schree and two children, he lives… Read More